| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Life of the Spider by J. Henri Fabre: I hastened to close the entrance. The Tarantula, bewildered by her
unaccustomed liberty, was very awkward in evading my attempts at
capture; and I compelled her to enter a paper bag, which I closed
without delay.
'Sometimes, suspecting the trap, or perhaps less pressed by hunger,
she would remain coy and motionless, at a slight distance from the
threshold, which she did not think it opportune to cross. Her
patience outlasted mine. In that case, I employed the following
tactics: after making sure of the Lycosa's position and the
direction of the tunnel, I drove a knife into it on the slant, so
as to take the animal in the rear and cut off its retreat by
The Life of the Spider |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from A Heap O' Livin' by Edgar A. Guest: How barren home could be and drear
Without its living beauties here.
I never knew that chairs and books
Could wear such sad and solemn looks!
That rooms and halls could be at night
So still and drained of all delight.
This home is now but brick and board
Where bits of furniture are stored.
I used to think I loved each shelf
And room for what it was itself.
And once I thought each picture fine
A Heap O' Livin' |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Odyssey by Homer: heart was darkly troubled as I went. Now after I had come
down to the ship and to the sea, and had made ready our
supper, and immortal night had come on, then did we lay us
to rest upon the sea-beach. So soon as early Dawn shone
forth, the rosy-fingered, first of all we drew down our
ships to the fair salt sea and placed the masts and the
sails in the gallant ships, and the crew too climbed on
board, and sat upon the benches and smote the grey sea
water with their oars. Then back I went to the waters of
Aegyptus, the heaven-fed stream, and there I moored the
ships and offered the acceptable sacrifice of hecatombs. So
The Odyssey |
